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Dec. 22 1925 1,566,579 H.v CLAUS TOY y Filed July 1'7, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A11-onus) INVENTQR PATENT GFFICE,

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vapplication led July 17, 1925. Serial No. 44,305.

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Be it known that I, HENRY CLAUS, a citizen or" the United States, residing at East Northport, in the county of Suffolk, Long island, and State, of New York, have invented new 'and useful Improvements' in Toys, of `which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements .in toys, the general object being the contemplaticn of a hollow base to be placed upon a hotair register and having positioned within its lower portion a vertically dis posed shafthaving a plurality of propeller olades thereon which will be caused 'to be rotated hy the heat waves thus emitted from the register box and the said shaft including upon its upper portion a plurality of objects to he carried around upon the succes- 2@ sive rotations or' the said shaft.

Another object of my invention is the provision of vnraiuially operated means included. upon the upper portion or' the vertically disposed rotatable shaft in order that 25 a user .may manually propel the said toy wlzieiz. nouer tl'ius emitted from the register 'boa'.v

W'ith *he above and other objects in view the in .on further includes the following 3G novel ,ures and details of construction,

to he hereinafter more fully described, illus in the accompanying drawings and ed out in the appended claim.

the drawingr 1 is a top plan view/o3 my invenin Figure tion.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View thereof. Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view, Figure 4 is a longitudinal. sectional view taken through one of the objects Supported upon the upper portion of the shaft.

Figure. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken trally thereabove. Ay transversely disposed channel bar 14 is arranged within the inner sides of the frusto-conical supporting base 10 and having positioned centrally thereof and held between the channel portions defined thereby, a cup bearing 15 for journaling:r the lower end of the vertically disposed shaft 16, therein lieing arranged'within the tower 13 and disk 12. A bearing sleeve 17 is arranged upon the upper portion of the towerl in order that the said shaft 16 will be heldin its vertically disposed position.

Fixed to the upper free end of the vertically disposed shaft 16 is a triangular plate 18 'terminating at its respective corners in y downwardly extending apertured ears 19 for the reception of looped portions 2O formed intermediate the lengths of arms 21, the purpose of which will be presently ap-` parent.

Referring especially to Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings wherein the objects, to he suspended by the arms 21, are inthe form of miniature airplanes composedof bodies 22 having their lower edges terminating in inwardly disposed tabs 23 and extending through plates 24: terminating at their respeetive ends with upwardly and outwardly extending wings 25.l Fitted within the rear' portion of lthe bodies 22 are plates 26 .terminating at their respective. inner and outer end portions with figure heads 27 and tails 28,' the former extending upwardly in the form of keys 30 stampedfrom the plates 26 extend upwardly within openings provided in the top of the bodies 22 and when being twisted upon themselves will rigidly hold thejplates 26 within the bodies 22 and the' fleure heads 27 will be held s wardly and ahove the bodies 22am appreciable disi tance.

As clearly illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings the lower free end portion of the arms 21 are substantially odset, as il lustrated as at 31 and 32 respectively; the said portions 31 extending within an openice ing provided in the rear portion of the bodies 22 in order to support this end of the`airplane, as illustrated, while the forward odset end portion 32 extends downwardly and within the bodies 22 and outwardly through the front thereof and supporting thereon propeller blades 33 in'order that the miniature i appearance oi an airplane in iight is simulated. ln order to provide means upon the vertically disposed shaft 16 and the triangurality of spaced depressed portions 35 withmaximum efficiency thereby,

ythereover,

1n lts upper side and within which the finger tips of anoperator may be placed and when twisted therein will impart the necessary momentum to the vertically disposed shaft 16 to swing the said airplanes.

A cardinal object of this invention was to Iplace the same upon a register box leading from a hot air furnace, preferably upon a flat surface or iioor, in order thatr the heat waves thus emitted from theregister box may be employed in supplying the source of momentum :for the said toy and in order to accomplish this result and to attain the I provide a plurality of radialy4 disposed fan blades 36 which are secured centrally to the lower por.

tion of the vertically disposed shaft 16 within the rusto-conical base 10 and immediately above the cup bearing 15 whereby the Y said heat Waves thus emitted from the register box when the said base 10 has been placed will be caused to rotate owing to the fit of the fan'blades 36 which will dedect the said heat waves upwardly through the top of the base l0 and which toy will also indicate the velocity of the -heat waves thus emitted from the register box owing 'to the speed thus attained and shown by the miniature airplanes thus carried by the supporting arms 21'.

It 1s thus to be noted from the foregoing ateatro description and accompanying drawn that this invention providesv an exceeding; useful and' attractive toy which may be used simultaneouslyas a means for indicating the velocity of heat waves thus emitted from a register box and yet form a pleasing ob* ject to the eye of a child.

The invention is susceptible 'of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus-described my invention what is claimed is:

A toy of the character described comprising a hollow base, a'bealn mounted within the base and including a centrally disposed cup bearing intermediate'its length on its upper side, the upper portion tending vertically a disk supported upon of the. base, a' tower e2:- vand centrally above and and upltiti connected to the disk a vertically disposed disk and having its lowerA free end journaled Within the cupl bearing carried by the beam, a triangular plate carried by the upper free end of the vertically disposed shaft and having its respective corners in downwardly disposed apertured cars, supporting arms Aformed fromlengths of wire and forming looped portions intermediate their length and pivotally secured within the apert red ears, a plurality of radially disposed fixed to the vertically disposed shaft within the base, und objects in the form of miniature airplanes suspended and carried by the lower free ends of the supporting arms.

Intestimony whereof aiiix my signature.

HENRYY CLAUS..

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